Topic: What did you do to your car today?

[JohnnyMac]

MPI doesn't work that way.  It's a flat rate regardless of mileage.

You are telling me someone who drives their pickup 50,000kms is paying the same as someone who drives 5,000kms.  That's some BS right there.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

MPI doesn't work that way.  It's a flat rate regardless of mileage.

You are telling me someone who drives their pickup 50,000kms is paying the same as someone who drives 5,000kms.  That's some BS right there.

Yeah.  You can choose 'all purpose', or 'pleasure'.  Pleasure means you don't drive the vehicle to work - it's more of a weekend vehicle.  We looked into pleasure, but the discount wasn't worth it.

We just renewed it and looked at all the options when we insured the Mazda

[Triple Bob]

MPI doesn't work that way.  It's a flat rate regardless of mileage.

You are telling me someone who drives their pickup 50,000kms is paying the same as someone who drives 5,000kms.  That's some BS right there.

Yeah.  You can choose 'all purpose', or 'pleasure'.  Pleasure means you don't drive the vehicle to work - it's more of a weekend vehicle.  We looked into pleasure, but the discount wasn't worth it.

We just renewed it and looked at all the options when we insured the Mazda

"Sir, do you drive with pleasure, or rage?" 

[UnknownJinX]

ZL1 makes sense as a next step up.  Do you know how much longer the current generation will stick around?  I think I heard something about 3 more years and then it becomes a sedan, possibly electric?

If I remember right it's your only car and you used your friends turbo Mazda 6 last winter.  Do you think at some point you'll need something more practical, maybe an M3, Caddy Blackwing, etc?  Good on track but still more practical for everyday.

No idea what happens to the Camaro. I think it will stick around as long as the current CT4 and CT5 stick around since they share the factory. Once those two are done(with the V Blackwings being their swan songs), I think Camaro will be in trouble if GM decides to shift to electric, which they likely will. I personally it's "get woke go broke", but that's another can of worms we are not gonna open here.

And nah, I don't need the practicality myself, being a single guy. Having 4 doors is just "lame" to me at this point. Keep in mind that I only used my buddy's Mazda6 because he wanted someone to drive it around a bit and so I took that opportunity. West Coast is warm enough to use an RWD sports car year-round, and especially with me moving to Richmond, a lot of the stuff will be in walking distance, so driving will just be more for fun.

I am cool with just leaving the car in the parking garage when it snows. Even if I have the proper equipment, most people don't have the equipment or skills to drive in the snow, so if you don't wreck anything, others will wreck you or get stuck and make driving a nightmare.

It's really great that you actually use this thing as intended. Well done!

Totally awesome that you're learning how to push it to its limits. Very cool car, and I'm sure you'll appreciate its capabilities even more now! 

Thanks guys for the kind words, and yeah, the more I drive it on the track, the more I appreciate the car. And yep, learning to push it in a controlled environment is not only fun, but also safer and cheaper considering how many people do it on the public roads and things go wrong.

[aquadorhj]

Re aimed the headlights on the merc.

It's been bothering me that I couldn't find the horizontal adjustment before,  and that I seem to have a hot spot right in the middle of the road so,  I took real careful look,  and found the knobs, finally.    It was covered with plastic caps.. now I think I have the right aim..

[Gurgie]

Re aimed the headlights on the merc.

It's been bothering me that I couldn't find the horizontal adjustment before,  and that I seem to have a hot spot right in the middle of the road so,  I took real careful look,  and found the knobs, finally.    It was covered with plastic caps.. now I think I have the right aim..

Instructions please!? My passenger side is pointed out to the right while the drivers side is straight forward.

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[Gurgie]

Exactly!

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[aquadorhj]

LOL,

totally..  i think mine was set cross-eyed which was why the beam was so bad initially.

with LEDs being so much brighter, it covered for the bad beam pattern with wide bright beam. 

but even though i set the height relatively well, i occasionally got flashed by oncoming traffic from low sedans.  i think what happened is that my passenger side beam was pointing to the oncoming traffic instead of straight.

but now i'm pretty confident i have the pattern down good.

Instructions please!? My passenger side is pointed out to the right while the drivers side is straight forward.

of course!!

on the attached first pic, RED arrow is for vertical/beam height adjustment.
BLUE arrow is where horizonta/side to side beam adjustment.

2nd attached image is more close up of first image.  you can kinda see what the height adjustment knob looks like.

3rd attached image is my finger lifting up the plastic cover off the Horizontal adjustment knob.  looks Exactly the same as vertical adjustment knob, just hidden.

for passenger side, counter clock wise rotation of the horizontal adjustment knob takes the beam further out. 
clock wise brings the beam toward the centre of the car
you can turn the knob using either the allen key (looks to be about 7 mm?)  or use Philips head screw driver.  i just used long philips head.

[rrocket]

No actual adjustment data??

I like that Lexus gives you this diagram for every car.  Surely there's something for MB??

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Sold the truck. 

[PJungnitsch]

Woah. Got an offer you couldn't refuse?

[Bubba]

Sold the truck.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Woah. Got an offer you couldn't refuse?

$4500 more than I paid for it brand new, pre-tax.

It makes my heart hurt, yes.  But I have come to the realization that I'm making a huge truck payment every month for a truck that just sits in the driveway. 

I can do so much more with the money.  I've been thinking about it for the past month, ever since we got the Mazda. 

It's been a great 3 years driving 'The beast'. 

[Gurgie]

Sold the truck.

^this!

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[Firm]

Finally! Someone on this forum takes my advice 

Definitely hold on the trans service, at least until 80K or so.

Personally, I'd sell it, sounds like you'd stand to make a bit of $, or at least break-even. You get rid of the monthly payment and insurance - take that monthly money, along with any proceeds from the sale and put it into a TFSA as suggested. Do that for the winter and you'll have a nice bit of cash saved up to buy a good used 1/2 ton. In the long run, you'll be a lot further ahead.

[EV Dan]

Wait a minute GBA, you can't claim something has appreciated in value unless it's a Buick 
So what's next?

[Great_Big_Abyss]

Wait a minute GBA, you can't claim something has appreciated in value unless it's a Buick 
So what's next?

Well, what's next is we are back to a one vehicle family.  My wife is confirmed to continue working from home for the foreseeable future, so we really don't need a second vehicle at this time.

We will probably sell the trailer, too.  they're still going for big money, even in the fall.  We've been talking about buying a trailer on a seasonal lot, so we may start looking at those in the next year or two.

[tortoise]

Great time to get into canoe camping!!

[EV Dan]

Makes sense. I've been noticing a LOT of ppl began working from home. I visit ppl at home and all of a sudden they are home in the morning while kids are at school. This was rarely the case in "BC" times 

[Great_Big_Abyss]

I'm AM kinda sad, though.  This IS my dream truck, in my dream spec.  I just had to ask myself, is it worth paying as much as I am just to see it sit in the driveway most of the time?  After much consideration, the answer is 'No'.